University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 3 - Practice Exercises - Page 202: 35

Answer

$\frac{dr}{d\theta}=\frac{{-2\sin\theta}}{({1-\cos\theta})^2}$

Work Step by Step

$r=(\frac{\sin\theta}{\cos\theta-1})^2$ $r=\frac{\sin^2\theta}{(\cos\theta-1)^2}=\frac{1-\cos^2\theta}{(1-\cos\theta)^2}$ $r=\frac{1+\cos\theta}{1-\cos\theta}$ 0n differentiating the above $\frac{dr}{d\theta}=\frac{d(\frac{1+\cos\theta}{1-\cos\theta})}{d\theta}$ $\frac{dr}{d\theta}=\frac{{(1-\cos\theta)\frac{d({1+\cos\theta})}{d\theta}}-({1+\cos\theta})\frac{d({1-\cos\theta})}{d\theta}}{({1-\cos\theta})^2}$ $\frac{dr}{d\theta}=\frac{{(1-\cos\theta){({-\sin\theta})}}-({1+\cos\theta})({\sin\theta})}{({1-\cos\theta})^2}$ $\frac{dr}{d\theta}=\frac{{-2\sin\theta}}{({1-\cos\theta})^2}$
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